DAY 239

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Van with a view

Dian's rooster rendition

We woke up at 8 in the morning and saw once again the beautiful waters of Luz. Dian left early for a walk to the next town, Burgau, where she met a friendly couple from Austria, Wolfgang and Andrea (and their dog Eoc), whom she chatted with and exchanged travel stories. The couple treated her to a coffee. It would be three more hours before Dian would finish her "tour." She bought some freshly made biscottis off a local baker and skipped the hour-long wait she would have had to endure if she took the bus, preferring to walk back to the van instead. 

Can you spot our van and Dian?

Trip photographer

Mr. Concave

 Nicole finally finished writing out 18 POSTCARDS for her close friends. She figured she had not written too many of them in a while via snail mail, so it seemed like a good time to send something to ALL of them. Charles used the Wi-Fi at The Bull restaurant and bar, and regaled bartender Carly with all our stories.

Back at the homestead, Dian drew her own rendition of the rooster of Portugal for her mom's upcoming 83rd birthday. Nicole sorted her wintertime and summertime clothes and decided to donate a few items to the charity shop in town. We took the car in to do this, and while Dian turned in the clothes and Nicole walked to the post office to mail her postcards and buy more stamps, Charles found a pair of jeans to finally fit him, only these were six belt notches smaller than his others!

92 days left!

We stopped at a rather upscale market, Baptista, to get some provisions, and on the way back to our little spot Nicole hopped out of the van with the computer to take advantage of the Wi-Fi at The Bull. She spoke with Carly some and sorted some pictures.

We played Boggle that night (must we tell you who won?) and had a dinner of broccoli and sandwiches. Then we looked over the mapbook and sketched out the remainder of our trip.